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From: werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner)
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Subject: Testable Hypothesis (re: Sugar)
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Date: Fri, 30-Aug-85 00:21:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 30 00:21:00 1985
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	I've had some side mail with Walt Stoll, and the following is something
that can be tested quickly, without spending a month on a diet. The following
was contained in some literature sent to me from him.

		SHOW ME !
	The science of kinesiology has developed a very simple way to test the
effects of stress [Ed: for this excerpt, stress == Refined Carbohydrates] on
our internal functions.  It is so simple anyone can learn to apply it in
seconds! The easiest test is to measure the strength of ONE muscle before and
after the body has been exposed to the stress.
	Have the person being tested hold his or her arm out straight
from the shoulder, level with the ground (arn to side, elbow straight)
Measure how much resistance there is to pushing the arm down. Now relax
the arm and put one grain of sugar on the tongue. All that is needed is
a taste.  Test the strength again immediately -- exactly the same way.

Ninety-five percent will lose 30-98% of their strength in 0-10 sec.
^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^^^
^There you have the testable hypothesis.

One caution -- the person should not have eaten refined CHO within an
hour or two prior to the test. One grain of sugar will weaken the body
for about 15 minutes.

(OK, there you have it!)
(I tried the above on 10 medical students, myself included -- with one
modification. Instead of pressing down the arm, we suspending weights,
acutally Medical texts over the outstretched wrist to be more objective.
We also used about a half teaspoon of sugar.  In order not to bias the
net, I won't say what our results were.)


In order not to bias the results

-- 
				Craig Werner
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		"The world is just a straight man for you sometimes"